Baseball on this Date - Monday August 31,1981

Games on 1981-08-31

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Seattle Mariners	4	Baltimore Orioles	3	Box	Larry Andersen	Sammy Stewart	(none)
California Angels	1	Boston Red Sox	4	Box	Dennis Eckersley	Dave Frost	(none)
Detroit Tigers	3	Chicago White Sox	1	Box	Milt Wilcox	Ross Baumgarten	(none)
Oakland Athletics	5	Cleveland Indians	3	Box	Rick Langford	Bert Blyleven	Tom Underwood
Milwaukee Brewers	5	Kansas City Royals	1	Box	Mike Caldwell	Dennis Leonard	Rollie Fingers
New York Yankees	7	Minnesota Twins	0	Box	Dave Righetti	Albert Williams	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	3	Texas Rangers	0	Box	Dave Stieb	Fergie Jenkins	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	11	Atlanta Braves	8	Box	Dick Ruthven	Gaylord Perry	Ron Reed
Montreal Expos	8	Cincinnati Reds	9	Box	Doug Bair	Bill Lee	(none)
New York Mets	1	Houston Astros	6	Box	Don Sutton	Pat Zachry	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Box	Odell Jones	Dave Stewart	Don Robinson
Chicago Cubs	1	San Diego Padres	4	Box	Steve Mura	Ken Kravec	(none)

Standings as of 1981-08-31

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1981 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	5	New York Yankees	77	45	32	.584	--	304	246	58	20-19	25-13	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gene Michael	Yankee Stadium I	30	14	16	.467
2	3	6	Baltimore Orioles	74	42	32	.568	1.5	307	301	6	19-19	23-13	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	31	17	14	.548
4	6	8	Milwaukee Brewers	78	44	34	.564	1.5	347	317	30	24-18	20-16	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	31	18	13	.581
3	5	9	Detroit Tigers	78	44	34	.564	1.5	299	286	13	18-17	26-17	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	31	16	15	.516
5	8	13	Boston Red Sox	76	41	35	.539	3.5	359	344	15	23-20	18-15	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	32	18	14	.563
6	10	17	Cleveland Indians	72	36	36	.500	6.5	293	295	-2	20-15	16-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	31	16	15	.516
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	77	25	52	.325	20.0	247	359	-112	14-22	11-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	29	12	17	.414
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1981 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	3	Oakland Athletics	79	47	32	.595	--	340	280	60	18-17	29-15	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Billy Martin	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	30	17	13	.567
2	4	7	Texas Rangers	74	42	32	.568	2.5	331	276	55	18-19	24-13	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	31	15	16	.484
3	7	10	Chicago White Sox	73	41	32	.562	3.0	333	277	56	22-20	19-12	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	33	13	20	.394
4	9	15	California Angels	79	40	39	.506	7.0	364	326	38	20-18	20-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	31	11	20	.355
5	11	20	Kansas City Royals	71	30	41	.423	13.0	264	304	-40	21-22	9-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	32	20	12	.625
6	12	22	Seattle Mariners	79	29	50	.367	18.0	317	400	-83	14-20	15-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dan O'Brien	The Kingdome	30	15	15	.500
7	13	25	Minnesota Twins	79	27	52	.342	20.0	252	346	-94	11-25	15-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Billy Gardner	Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	30	14	16	.467
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1981 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	2	St. Louis Cardinals	69	42	27	.609	--	320	267	53	17-12	25-15	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Whitey Herzog	Busch Stadium II	33	17	16	.515
2	4	11	Montreal Expos	74	41	33	.554	3.5	313	273	40	14-23	27-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	34	19	15	.559
3	5	12	Philadelphia Phillies	75	41	34	.547	4.0	325	327	-2	15-22	26-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	32	18	14	.563
4	9	19	Pittsburgh Pirates	71	33	38	.465	10.0	286	287	-1	17-18	15-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	31	13	18	.419
5	10	21	New York Mets	73	28	45	.384	16.0	243	316	-73	13-24	15-21	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Shea Stadium	30	13	17	.433
6	11	23	Chicago Cubs	75	27	48	.360	18.0	255	345	-90	4-24	22-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	28	11	17	.393
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1981 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Los Angeles Dodgers	78	48	30	.615	--	340	246	94	25-16	23-14	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	32	15	17	.469
2	3	4	Cincinnati Reds	76	45	31	.592	2.0	327	322	5	21-16	24-15	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	32	21	11	.656
3	6	14	Houston Astros	78	41	37	.526	7.0	279	250	29	20-22	21-15	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Rosen	Astrodome	32	20	12	.625
4	7	16	Atlanta Braves	76	38	38	.500	9.0	298	313	-15	22-19	15-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	30	12	18	.400
5	8	18	San Francisco Giants	79	39	40	.494	9.5	305	289	16	21-24	18-16	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Frank Robinson	Tom Haller	Candlestick Park	32	17	15	.531
6	12	24	San Diego Padres	78	28	50	.359	20.0	273	329	-56	14-28	14-22	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jack McKeon	Jack Murphy Stadium	32	13	19	.406

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Nino Espinosa	P	28.016	Released by Phillies.
Pepe Frias	SS-2B	33.048	Released by Dodgers.
Phil Garner	2B-3B	32.123	Traded by Pirates to Astros for Kevin Houston, Randy Niemann and Johnny Ray.
Johnny Ray	2B	24.183	Traded by Astros with Kevin Houston and Randy Niemann to Pirates for Phil Garner.

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